Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Maddieson, Ian.
2. Hinnebusch, Thomas J.
3. Annual Conference on African Linguistics (26th : 1995 : Santa Monica, Calif.)

Description

1. x, 316 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

1. Selected papers of the twenty-sixth annual conference on African linguisitics, held Mar 23-25, 1995, in Santa Monica, Calif., sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Series statement

1. Trends in African linguistics ; 2

Uniform title

1. Trends in African linguistics ; 2.

Subject

1. African languages > Classification
2. African languages > Phonetics
3. African languages > Semantics
4. Langues africaines > Classification
5. Langues africaines > Phonétique
6. Langues africaines > Sémantique
7. 18.92 languages of sub-Saharan Africa
8. African languages
9. Afrikanische Sprachen
10. Geschichte
11. Sprachtypologie
12. Afrikaanse talen
13. Taalkunde
14. Afrikanske språk
15. Historisk framstilling
16. Konferanser (Form)
17. Subsaharisches Afrika
18. afrikanske
19. språk
20. lingvistikk
21. afrika
22. klassifikasjon

Genre/Form

1. Kongress – Santa Monica (Calif.) – 1995.
2. Classification.
3. Congresses (form)

Contents

1. Preface / Ian Maddieson and Thomas J. Hinnebusch -- Entre Oubanguien et Soudan central : les langues banda / France Cloarec-Heiss -- Classifying Cross River / Bruce Connell -- The place of Mande in Niger-Congo / David Dwyer -- Fula imperfective forms in a grammaticalization perspective / Rolf Theil Endresen -- The fates of [+ATR] /a/ in Nilotic / R.M.R. Hall and Chet Creider -- Thoughts on a model for describing linguistic relationships / Robert Nicolai -- Internal classification of the Bantoid language group, with special focus on the relations between Narrow Bantu, Southern Bantoid and Northern Bantoid / Pascale Piron -- Comparison and classification of Khoisan languages / Bonny E. Sands -- Discontinuous remoteness in Dagaare / Scott Schwenter -- Issues in the North/South syntactic split of East Bantu / Benji Wald -- Opacity effects in Optimal Domains theory: Evidence from Ekegusii / Lee S. Bickmore -- Tone alternations in the associative construction of Suma / Mary Bradshaw -- Nasal assimilation and labial-velar geometry / Mike Cahill -- Palatalization in SiSwati / Su-I. Chen and Gloria Malambe -- Case-tone Marking in Igbo Nouns, with special reference to the associative construction / Michael J.C. Echeruo -- Collapsing vowel harmony and doubly-articulated fricatives: two myths about the Avatime phonological system / Ian Maddieson -- Imbrication in Ciyao / Armindo Ngunga -- Verbal tone melodies in Kikerewe / David Odden -- Empty root nodes in Kikamba: Conflicting evidence and theoretical implications / Ruth Roberts-Kohno -- Serial verb constructions as complex predicates: Evidence from Dagaare and Akan / Adams Bodomo -- The mandatory subject reference pronoun in Mbay: an informal study / John Keegan -- Allomorphy and the morphology-syntax distinction in Ikalanga / Joyce Mathangwane -- Semantic structure of Bantu noun classes / Jeri Moxley -- Gikuyu NP morphosyntax / John Mugane -- Towards a typology of applicatives in Bantu languages / Deo Ngonyani -- Serial verbs and V-V compounds / Kunio Nishiyama -- Emai's temporal adverbs / Ron Schaefer and Francis Egbokhare -- Planning national language: the Hausa factor in language policy for Nigeria / Frank Arasanyin -- Comparing Nguni and Sotho: A sociolinguistic classification / Sarah Slabbert and Rosalie Finlayson -- The education variable in language patterns in the Republic of Congo / David Woods.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Selected papers of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held Mar. 23-25, 1995, in Santa Monica, Calif., sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

1. Chiefly in English; includes one paper in French.